Furlough

Employees facing redundancy say the firm is basing notice pay on furlough payments.

Two-thirds of furloughed staff are still receiving top-up payments from their employers on top of the 80% contribution from the government.

HM Revenue & Customs has begun writing to employers it believes may have claimed too much money through the Coronavirus...

Germany's Kurzarbeit coronavirus furlough scheme is set to be extended to 24 months after Angela Merkel indicated her support for the proposal.

The government is facing a further call to extend the furlough scheme struggling sectors, after it was revealed the majority...

Employers should be incentivised to test their staff, furlough should be extended beyond October and statutory sick pay should be...

Shoe and boot firm returns furlough funds after being buoyed by significant online sales during the lockdown.

The number of employees on payrolls fell by 730,000 between March and July 2020 – the largest quarterly drop since...

Support for over-50s to retrain or gain a new qualification is needed to reduce long-term unemployment, a report has said,...

Researchers found that men were significantly more likely than women to work while on furlough.

Coronavirus has had a huge impact on the economy and as funding through the furlough scheme is gradually withdrawn, many...

1,500 jobs are at risk of redundancy at hotels managed by LGH, including at Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn properties.

The rate of decline in recruitment activity is slowing, starting salaries are falling and worker availability is on the up as the Bank of England cuts the severity of its forecasts for the UK economy.

Conciliation service Acas has experienced a marked increase in calls to its helpline on the subject of redundancy during the...

The number of reports of furlough fraud made to HM Revenue and Customs rose by more than half between the...